mud and drizzle
We arrived in Ny Alesund on Wed morning, checked into our rooms, got settled there, checked out the town and where we are going to be working.
A few of us checked out the gym, which has been upgraded since 2005, the date of the picture I found of it. They have a better "universal gym", multi-station than they had before. It has a leg press part, but nothing for squats. I thought about going over there Wed evening, because I had time, but still have a lot of jet lag and expected to take a few days off from training because of that, which was part of why I took no breaks the last couple weeks. I have the resistance tubing and the gym may be a better option. I’m still wondering about my end-of-day energy level and time availability, but will see how it goes.
The rest of this is not training related.
It’s a basically a research campus. We are staying in an apartment building. Each room is like a dorm room and has a twin-size bed, closet, small desk, small bathroom (sink, toilet, shower). They say this building is the newest and nicest of the visitor residences. Other buildings have shared baths or shared rooms. We are mostly 40-plus-year-old men, and that doesn’t go over well.
The shower area is the corner of the bathroom where the shower head and the curtain pulls around. The floor is somewhat lower within the curtain perimeter, but the water knows no bounds. There is a squeegee in the bathroom to "dry" the floor. I wasn’t sure what it was for before I took a shower, but AFTERWARDS, yeah, I put two and two together.
The town area is flat, but the surroundings are not. The town is on the shore of a bay. Across the bay are mountains, at the east end are two glaciers, above the town are more mountains. Most of the snow cover has melted in the last week or two. A few patches remain in the town and on the mountains.
9 July 2009 at 15:57
Sounds lonely
mrinkys